Improvement in setting of fence-posts



Nduitetl tatet @aient @twine WILLIAM FULKERSON, OF THREE RIVERS, MICHIGA.

Letters Patent No. 107,770, dated September 27, 1870.

- IMPROVEMENT lN'sET-rlNe oF FENcE-Posrs.

The Schedule referred `to in these Letters Patent and making part of' the same.

To all whom 'it may concern.-

Be it known that I 'WILLIAM FUnknnsoN, ot' Three Rivers, in the county of St. Joseph and State of Michigan, have invented a new and valuable Improvementin Stnbs for Fence-Posts; and I do hereby "declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construotion and operationof the same, reference being had to VTthe annexed drawing making a part of this specification, and -to the letters and figures of referenceniarked thereon.

Figure l of the drawing is a si'de view of my invention.

Figure 2 is a horizontal seotionof the same.,

My invention relates to fence-posts, and consists in l the construction 'and novel arrangement of a setting The foot ot' the post passes down in the, space left between the ribs in the upper portion of the stub, and, is, theiefore, freely exposed to the air, Vas -this portion of the stub is left above ground.

e designates a cover placed over the socket and arranged to fit the post neatly, thereby keeping olf dew and rain.

I am aware that stubs for fence-posts have been in use formed of stone or earthenware, hence, I do not claim such, broadly; but

iVhat I claim as my invention, and desire 'to se-Y cureby Letters Patent, is-

y he sett-ing or stub for fence-posts herein described, consisting' of the ribbed foot D, cut away atj', to rceive and steadily support the-post,lth e ring-socket C, open below, to admit air to the foot of the post, and the cover e, adapted tothe form of the post, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses. i

WM. FULKERSON.

Witnesses: v

R. R. PEALER, A. A. UDELL. 

